BY: MATTHEW CHIN In a job market with global unemployment feared to increase from the current 201 million unemployed by 11 million by 2019, the opportunity to work while travelling can feel far out of reach. With many workers feeling like…
Travelling is scientifically proven to make you healthier
BY: ZOE MELNYK If for some reason you need another reason to travel besides the thrill of adventure and the opportunity to explore the hidden corners of the world and your mind, try your health. Besides the obvious psychological benefits…
If you’re a born traveller, science says you may have the “wanderlust gene”
BY: MATTHEW CHIN If you’re the kind of person that feels compelled to travel—bound to an uncontrollable urge that flows through you, motivating you to drop everything and explore the world—chances are that desire is actually embedded in your genetic…
This 25-year-old is the youngest person to walk the entire circumference of the planet
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Andrew Siess, a 25 year-old from Minnesota, just became the youngest person in the world to circumnavigate the globe entirely on foot. Born out of a recklessness passion for the road, for Siess, his journey wasn’t about…
Skateboarding coach used travel and ayahuasca to overcome substance abuse
BY: MICHAEL LYONS In this world of post-secondary degrees and political correctness, Netflix and net income, self-help books and selfie-sticks, iPhones and IPAs, crushing banality and cutting mediocrity, most of us just want an authentic experience; for a moment when…
This family of 8 gave up consumerism to live together in a traveling school bus
BY: ZOE MELNYK We’ve all heard the phrase in Fight Club, “We buy things we don’t need with money we don’t have to impress people we don’t like.” We hear that, and many of us nod in agreement, but then…
Meet the couple that quit their jobs to become travel bloggers and haven’t stood still since (Photos)
BY: THE PLAID ZEBRA Jenna Spesard, 28, and Guillaume Dutilh, 30, didn’t want to fall in the mortgage debt hole that many find themselves stuck in with a greased up ladder. She was an executive assistant for a movie studio;…
Your one stop guide to ditching your day job, selling your sh*t and taking life on the road
BY: ZOE MELNYK The Internet changed everything. With this in mind, an increasing number of people have innovated ways of taking their lives on the road on the permanent pursuit of adventure. Though it seems unfeasible to ditch your day…
How a writer used adventure to bridge the gap between unemployment and her dream job
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Geraldine DeRuiter sat in the middle of a hotel bed in Naples, thousands of miles away from home, attempting to drown her sorrows with sweets and wine when she got the text. After months of waiting and…
6 reasons why Ottawa is the microadventure capital of Canada
BY: MICHAEL LYONS The idea of a microadventure was coined by author Alastair Humphreys, who suggests that “instead of exotic foreign adventures, I am committed to trying to encourage people to get outside, get out of their comfort zone, go…
Over 50 years, this man has travelled to every single country in the world
BY: SINEAD MULHERN Pick a country. Close your eyes and try to picture it. If you are imagining a 4 star all-inclusive resort you’re way off base. When Albert Podell closes his eyes, there’s not one country he can’t picture.…
Why you should travel the world with your lover before you say “I do”
BY: RYAN BOLTON “Take that person [you love] and travel around the world. Buy a plane ticket for the two of you to travel all around the world…. And if when you come back to JFK and you’re still in…
Why staying with locals will always be better than staying at an all-inclusive resort
BY: SINEAD MULHERN The bartender pops the cap off a Heineken and sets it down in front of me. The green bottles behind him sit like a row of bowling pins each with a different city printed on its label.…
In A Decade, Windowless Planes Will Give You Panoramic Views Of The Sky
BY: AYA TSINTZIRAS Bad news for those afraid of flying; good news for those wanting more adventure in their plane travel. A UK-based technology company is developing a plane without windows that’s a little more stylish than the white windowless…
Romance Tourism: Kenya is Now a Love Fantasy Land for Middle-Aged Women
European travellers deserted Kenya’s beaches long ago, but, in recent years, you may encounter a new, increasingly familiar sight: mature white women surrounded by muscular Kenyan men. During a work trip to Mombasa, Kenya, Danish photographer Sofie Amalie Klougart accidentally…
Why you should travel before you commit to school
BY ROB HOFFMAN The phrase “I just wanna get my degree under my belt, but I’m going to do a ton of traveling after university” gets passed around amongst university students more often than a joint at a Tommy Chong barbecue.…
Hitchhiking isn’t extinct. I took the trip of my lifetime for less than $250
BY: ROB HOFFMAN CO-AUTHORED BY: TYLER FYFE Is hitchhiking dead? Or have we wrapped our spirit in safety foam? Of course, the question immediately draws one’s mind to the horror film “The Hitcher” or the infamous “highway of tears,” a stretch…
Why travelling turns you into a decent human being; the benefits of travel
BY: LAURA ROJAS I remember looking up into the Amazonian night – lungs filled with pure air, feet digging into cold earth, seeing the hazy violet dust of the Milky Way. I remember meeting people who knew the curves and…
How to Hitchhike: 10 must know tricks for hitchhiking across the Country
By: TED BARNABY Hitchhiking is a great way to travel cheap. It’s also a one-way street to unforeseen and unabridged adventure. Sometimes half the fun is figuring things out as you go along, but there are definitely a number of…
The best damn travel tips you’ll ever need
by RYAN BOLTON Travel is the best education. It’s also the ideal form of rebellion. It’s the no-bullshit way to find out who you really are and what you’re really made of. Quite possibly some of the best travel advice…